About us

The Reverend Robina Marie Winbush is an Associate Stated Clerk for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Prior to assuming this position she served as the Pastor of Hollis Presbyterian Church in Queens, New York.

Robina has served on several national and international denominational and ecumenical committees and organizations including the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., the World Council of Churches, the World Communion of Reformed Churches and the national staff of Church Women United. She is currently the President of Churches Uniting in Christ. She served as the Moderator of the Justice, Peace, and Creation Commission of the World Council of Churches. She had the privilege of preaching the Closing Eucharist Celebration at Pre-Council gatherings of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches 24th General Council in Accra, Ghana in 2004 and the Uniting General Council in Grand Rapids, MI in 2010. She was also the preacher at the Closing Worship Celebration of the Ninth Assembly of the World Council of Churches in Porto Alegre, Brazil in 2006.

Robina was co-editor of Sisters Struggling in the Spirit: A Woman of Color Theological Anthology. She appears inAfrican American Presbyterian Clergywomen: The First Twenty-Five Year. Her work has also appeared Righting Her-story: Caribbean Women Encounter the Bible Story.

A native of Columbus, Ohio, Robina has earned a Bachelor of Arts in Pan African Studies and Psychology from Kent State University, a Masters of Education in Counseling and Consulting Psychology from Harvard University and a Masters of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary in New York. She is currently enrolled in the Ph.D. program in Interdisciplinary Studies at Union Institute and University (Cincinnati, Ohio).